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Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi. The population was 7,823 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wikipedia
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Zip code: 39232
Flowood
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Flowood, MS, USA
If Asked to Take a Field Sobriety Test What Do I Do?
Attorney Franks: You have a number of choices. You're not required to do a field soberness test and it isn't the examination they are looking at for a rejection. If you refuse the big Intoxilyzer equipment at the police headquarters they can file a refusal charge.
As a Criminal Justice Attorney my recommendation is do not do a roadside sobriety test because they're created for individuals to fail and also are very confusing. I had a policeman execute one on me as I would like to know what my clients were undergoing. I did not pass the field soberness examination and I was sober. I constantly tell clients do not do a roadside soberness test. It simply provides ammunition and also it nearly never ever aids my customers.
Lets say I have actually agreed to it and they ask me to follow a thing with my eyes. What are they trying to find?
Attorney Franks: The examination they're executing is the horizontal gaze nystagmus. They're looking for wiggling of the eyes. If someones on depressants there can be an uncontrolled eye activity which doesn't necessarily indicate alcohol is present. Yet alcohol is a downer.
Some police officers will make use of their finger. That's getting into more drug relevant disability in contrast to alcohol. Those police officers have to have certain credentials for those tests to be legitimate.
What happens if I refuse to take the examination?
Attorney Franks: Most likely they will have you stand outside either at the front or rear of your automobile or by the patrol car. They'll supply you that test numerous times. Generally an officer wont offer one time and then toss you in the back of the police car. They have to verify impairment beyond a reasonable uncertainty as well as the field sobriety test is a device.
Officers lug about portable breath analyzers in the back of their patrol cars. If you decline there are no penalties. However you'll most likely be sent to jail. At the jail you'll be offered the alternative to blow in an Intoxilyzer. Till you refuse to blow in an Intoxilyzer you will not be charged with a DUI rejection. If you are written up with a DUI refusal after that you would certainly have excellent grounds to submit an application for breath examination rejection hearing.
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